Week 1 EOC Review Quiz

2.4- Which Amendment protects a persons right from cruel and unusual punishments?

• Amendment 1

• Amendment 8

• Amendment 10

• Amendment 3

2.4- The 10th Amendment protects the

• Rights not listed in the Constitution

• Right to a trial by jury

• Rights and powers given to the States

• Right to bear arms

2.4- What was the impact of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution?

• The 13th Amendment abolished forced servitude (slavery)

• The 13th Amendment abolished election taxes

• The 13th Amendment gave 18-year-olds the right to vote.

• The 13th Amendment gave the Supreme Court the power of judicial review

2.4- In the history of the United States, some groups of people have been denied suffrage. What were they not allowed to do?

• The freedom to practice a religion

• The right to be a citizen

• The right to bear arms

• The right to vote in an election

3.7- States must pay for public defenders as a result of which US Supreme Court case?

• District of Columbia v. Heller

• Gideon v. Wainwright

• Miranda V. Arizona

• Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier

3.7- On what grounds did the Federal Supreme Court overturn Ernesto Miranda's conviction in the case Miranda V. Arizona?

• Miranda was not informed of his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.

• Miranda was not awarded a public trial as guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment.

• Miranda was protected by the Fourth Amendment against unreasonable searches and seizures.

• Miranda was subjected to cruel punishments, prohibited by the Eighth Amendment, while imprisoned.

3.7- The excerpt below is from the decision of the Federal Supreme Court in Plessy v. ferguson (1896).

The laws permitting, or even requiring, the separation of races do not place a badge of inferiority on one group over another. Therefore, it is not a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment.

 What practice did this decision sustain?

• vocational training for freedmen

• free public school for all races

• racial segregation in public places

• African American participation in politics

3.7- What lessons did future US leaders learn from the 1974 US Supreme Court case, United States v. Nixon?

• The president is responsible for enforcing the law.

• The President is not allowed to have private meetings with the Cabinet.

• The president is not allowed to hold secret conversations with foreign governments.

• The president is responsible for obeying the laws.

3.7- What was the outcome of the United States Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education (1954)?

• Admins can limit the content of student posts

• Students have a low expectation of privacy at school

• Public schools can no longer segregate because they deny equal protection

• Criminal accused have the right to counsel

2.4- The 4th Amendment protects citizens from what?

• Quartering troops

• Cruel and unusual punishments

• Unreasonable searches and seizures

• Double jeopardy